Posted on December 27, 2016 at 12:44pm EST
Family spokesman Simon Halls released a statement to PEOPLE on behalf of Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd:

“It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning,” reads the statement.

“She was loved by the world and she will be missed profoundly,” says Lourd, 24. “Our entire family thanks you for your thoughts and prayers.”
Fisher was flying from London to Los Angeles on Friday, Dec. 23, when she went into cardiac arrest. Paramedics removed her from the flight and rushed her to a nearby hospital, where she was treated for a heart attack. She later died in the hospital.

full story:http://people.com/movies/carrie-fisher-dies/

(Damn 2016 sure has been brutal!)

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treebeard

December 27th, 2016, 06:31 PM

Sad loss. I worry that we will face even more before we manage to ring in the new year.